Official Rulings - September 17, 2003
Section 3: Specific Cards - W

Q. When you castle you can't move your King through check, does the same apply with a WARLORD?

A. Castling in Knightmare Chess is odd, because Knightmare Chess allows you to put your King in check as long as he's out by the end of the turn. So you can castle your King through check, and thus WARLORDS too.

Q. Can a WARLORD move through check to a square which doesn't place it in check via its standard move?

A. Yes.

Q. My opponent played a PALADIN on a Knight, then played COUP on the PALADIN, and then played WARLORD on the PALADIN/King. Trying to checkmate a PALADIN/WARLORD/King is very difficult, if not impossible. Were any rules broken, or is this all legal?

A. Rules were broken. PALADIN on the Knight is legal, creating a Paladin. COUP on the Paladin is legal, and COUP and PALADIN conflict ("moves by ...." and "keeps its standard move"); PALADIN loses to the more recent COUP and the King has a Knight's move. WARLORD on the new King is legal, and the move specified by WARLORD is in effect — the King can no longer move like a Knight.

Q. I played WARLORD and moved within two squares to my opponent's King. He played BRIBERY on my King, which enables any piece but a Queen to swap sides. It does not say anything about the King changing sides.

A. I doubt that he had a captured King to "power" BRIBERY, but in any event the Checkmate Rule prohibits taking your opponent's last King by use of a regular card.

Q. When you say "have had one captured," does one refer to a King with WARLORD, or just any King? Once a WARLORD is captured, that King no longer has the WARLORD power.

A. Any old King (the card refers to "a similar, captured piece"). The new King would still be under the effect of the WARLORD card.

Q. Can a WARLORD check the opposing King?

A. Yes, of course. In Knightmare Chess, a King can even check the opposing King (provided that you have a card or piece that allows you to do so without ending your turn in check).

Q. Normally in Chess, you cannot promote a Pawn to a King. But with the SPECIAL PROMOTION card, can I promote a Pawn to a WARLORD?

A. No, Pawns may not promote to a King or a Transformed Piece based on a King.
(In the errata: http://www.sjgames.com/knightmare/errata.html )

Q. If an HEIR is giving check, can the other player use BRIBERY to make the HEIR change sides?

A. Yes, as long as your opponent had previously lost a King and you have more than one King in play. This satisifies the conditions on BRIBERY and does not violate the Checkmate Rule. Identical situation holds for WARLORD.